Jackson, KY: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 64.2°F in Jackson, KY, the warmest April on record, in 46 years since 1981; provisional.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 64.2°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 46, provisional
Precipitation: 2.58 in; Driest since 2001; 7th driest of 46

A normal April in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.5°F, between 54.2°F and 61.3°F in eight years of ten and 4.02 in of precipitation, between 2.52 in and 7.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Jackson, KY since 1981: 64.2°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 54.2 to 61.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Jackson, KY from 1981 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	64.2	1	75.2	1	53.2	2	2.58	40
2025	59.7	16	69.9	18	49.5	10	9.20	4
2024	60.6	10	70.5	16	50.6	6	3.39	27
2023	59.1	19	70.8	15	47.4	21	3.15	33
2022	56.7	32	67	33	46.4	28	3.60	25
2021	57	29	67.7	30	46.2	30	3.39	27
2020	54.3	39	64.9	37	43.8	40	4.69	13
2019	60.1	13	71.3	13	48.9	14	2.80	36
2018	52.4	44	63.7	43	41	45	4.12	16
2017	63.8	2	74	2	53.6	1	4.02	18
2016	58.8	20	70.2	17	47.5	20	3.82	21
2015	58.7	22	69	23	48.3	19	10.29	1
2014	60.7	9	72.6	6	48.9	14	5.43	9
2013	57.7	25	68.8	25	46.5	27	3.70	22
2012	57.6	26	68.7	26	46.4	28	2.67	37
2011	60.5	11	71.9	8	49.1	11	10.20	2
2010	62.3	4	73.8	3	50.8	5	2.61	39
2009	57.8	24	68.2	29	47.4	21	3.64	24
2008	57.1	28	67.1	32	47.1	24	4.00	20
2007	54.6	37	64.6	39	44.6	37	3.22	32
2006	62.4	3	73.2	4	51.5	3	4.57	15
2005	58.8	20	68.9	24	48.6	18	7.47	5
2004	57	29	66.6	34	47.3	23	4.01	19
2003	59.3	17	69.5	20	49	13	5.14	10
2002	60	14	71	14	49.1	11	4.11	17
2001	61	7	71.6	11	50.3	7	1.69	42
2000	55.2	36	65.4	36	45	36	4.97	11
1999	59.3	17	69.7	19	48.9	14	3.44	26
1998	55.3	35	64.4	41	46.2	30	10.00	3
1997	51.7	45	62.5	45	40.9	46	1.51	44
1996	53.7	42	64.9	37	42.5	44	5.95	6
1995	57.6	26	69.4	21	45.7	32	4.90	12
1994	60.3	12	71.7	10	48.8	17	5.52	8
1993	54.5	38	65.9	35	43.1	41	3.26	29
1992	58.2	23	69.3	22	47.1	24	1.66	43
1991	61.2	6	72.3	7	50.2	8	2.67	37
1990	56.9	31	68.3	27	45.4	34	2.95	35
1989	56.3	33	67.2	31	45.5	33	3.23	31
1988	56.3	33	68.3	27	44.2	38	2.97	34
1987	54.3	39	64.6	39	43.9	39	3.70	22
1986	60	14	72.8	5	47.1	24	0.95	45
1985	60.8	8	71.8	9	49.8	9	0.78	46
1984	54	41	62.9	44	45.1	35	5.72	7
1983	51.7	45	60.4	46	43.1	41	3.25	30
1982	53.4	43	64.1	42	42.8	43	2.19	41
1981	61.3	5	71.6	11	51.1	4	4.62	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	64.2
2017	63.8
2006	62.4
2010	62.3
1981	61.3
1991	61.2
2001	61
1985	60.8
2014	60.7
2024	60.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	51.7
1983	51.7
2018	52.4
1982	53.4
1996	53.7
1984	54
2020	54.3
1987	54.3
1993	54.5
2007	54.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	10.29
2011	10.20
1998	10.00
2025	9.20
2005	7.47
1996	5.95
1984	5.72
1994	5.52
2014	5.43
2003	5.14

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.78
1986	0.95
1997	1.51
1992	1.66
2001	1.69
1982	2.19
2026	2.58
2010	2.61
2012	2.67
1991	2.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 16 April 2026, 15 April 2026, 12 April 2026, 2 April 2026
Coldest night: 36°F; 8 April 2026, 6 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 28 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 2.58 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the driest April since 2001, 7th driest of 46.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Jackson, KY: 85°F on Thursday 16 April 2026, Wednesday 15 April 2026, Sunday 12 April 2026 and 1 other day.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 36°F on Wednesday 8 April 2026 and Monday 6 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Jackson, KY: 0.96 in on Tuesday 28 April 2026.